The Selling of America

It just astounds me, the pure arrogance of Bush and those in his administration. I think he must have thought that this sale of port management to a company from the UAE would just go unnoticed. That can be the only reason he’d go forward with something that virtually everyone in these United States would be against. Mr. Bush, you keep saying how important it is to remember the lessons of September 11th. Although you’d like very much for us to believe that it was Iraq that was the cause behind the tremendous horror of that day, might we remind you that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis? Not only that, but according to today’s New York Post, hardly the bastion of left-winged sentiment, a recent government report claims that Al Qaeda gave a heads up to the Saudi Government that it had infiltrated its ranks. And yet, Bush apparently has no qualms with this new port deal. Interesting, considering even the Department of Homeland Security was against the deal, but later, apparently “saw the light.”

I can’t imagine any issue that could possibly so unite most Democrats and Republicans. Will Sean Hannity defend this deal? How could he possibly defend something like this? If you hear his show on Monday, someone please let me know what his take on it is. My best guess says that Pat Buchanan will be steaming about it tomorrow on the McLaughlin Group. Indeed, this will be a good time to see which commentators in the pubic eye, and which news outlets are merely shilling for the administration. If ever I heard of an indefensible cause, this is it.

The score on one so-called “news” outlet is already in. I just went over to the FOX News website, and their whole front page doesn’t even mention Dubai, UAE, ports, or anything related. The big story over there is that weather may dampen the Marti Gras celebration. Other minor stories include Sunni and Shiite clerics calling for peace in Iraq, Bush offering support to Iraqi leaders, moving vehicles being banned in Baghdad, and the death of Don Knotts… R.I.P.